transportation-law

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1238 Shawn Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-06-04 Granted Amici (19)Relisted (2) common-law motor-carrier negligent-selection preemption safety-exception transportation-law Does § 14501(c) preempt a state common-law claim against a broker for negligently selecting a motor carrier or driver?
23-427 Domino’s Pizza, LLC v. Edmond Carmona, et al. Ninth Circuit 2023-10-23 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-procedure commerce-clause delivery-drivers federal-arbitration-act interstate-commerce local-delivery standing statutory-interpretation transportation-law workers Whether local delivery drivers are 'engaged in foreign or interstate commerce' under the Federal Arbitration Act
22-459 Ohio v. CSX Transportation, Inc. Ohio 2022-11-15 Denied CVSGAmici (4)Relisted (2) federal-railroad-safety-act grade-crossing grade-crossing-statute interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act preemption railroad-preemption railroad-safety state-regulation transportation transportation-law Does 49 U.S.C. §101501(b) preempt state laws that regulate the amount of time a stopped train may block a grade crossing?
22-5820 S. Patrick Mendel v. Liane Randolph, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-12 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights congressional-preemption criminal-conduct due-process federal-courts federal-enforcement preemption pro-se-petition public-safety transportation transportation-law Does this pro se case, alleging fatal systemic failures resulting in the continuing preventable murder of innocent citizens, where literally the lives…
20-1502 Abdikarim Karrani v. JetBlue Airways Corporation Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied Response Waived air-carrier-discrimination air-transportation cat's-paw cat's-paw-doctrine civil-rights discrimination federal-preemption preemption statutory-interpretation transportation-law Whether 49 U.S.C. § 44092(b) preempts 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claims
20-1425 C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. v. Allen Miller Ninth Circuit 2021-04-12 Denied CVSGAmici (6)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) civil-rights common-law-negligence due-process federal-preemption motor-carrier safety-regulation statutory-interpretation transportation transportation-law Whether a common-law negligence claim against a freight broker is preempted under the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act
19-352 Robin Brindle, et al. v. Delta Airlines, Inc., et al. Rhode Island 2019-09-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) airline-deregulation airline-deregulation-act civil-procedure federal-law federal-preemption labor-law local-wage-regulation preemption state-regulation state-wage-regulation transportation transportation-law wage-regulation Whether the preemption provision of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 exempts airlines from state and local wage regulation
18-866 Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. Sixth Circuit 2019-01-07 Denied Amici (3)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) 4-r-act discrimination fuel-tax infrastructure-funding interstate-commerce motor-carrier motor-carrier-taxation railroad railroad-taxation statutory-interpretation tax-discrimination transportation-law Whether Tennessee's tax on railroad fuel discriminates against railroads under 49 U.S.C. § 11501(b)(4)